collyra

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολλύρα (kollúra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kolˈlyː.ra/, [kɔlˈlʲyːrä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈli.ra/, [kolˈliːrä]

Noun

collȳra f (genitive collȳrae); first declension

1. a kind of pastry of a round, elongated form
2. pasta, maccaroni, vermicelli

   Furcīs collȳram edimus.

   We are eating pasta with forks.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	collȳra	collȳrae
Genitive	collȳrae	collȳrārum
Dative	collȳrae	collȳrīs
Accusative	collȳram	collȳrās
Ablative	collȳrā	collȳrīs
Vocative	collȳra	collȳrae

Related terms

• collȳris

References

• “collyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• collyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.